Been looking at the Screen Shots thread and some of the stuff on there is awesome--I defintely want to get it on customizing my phone. At this point I'm getting mixed up because there seem to be 400 different apps so I want see what input people had before I spent any actual money.
aHome / Open Home / Better Home / Helix are "home replacement apps" correct? From what I gather, they are basically apps that run 'over' the main home screen and can be customized with themes, icons, widgets etc. When running one of these, are the stock widgets unusable? And if I'm downloading new widgets from the market, do they work with these, or are those just for the stock home screen?
Also, do they all essentially do the same thing? My main thing is to be able to customize icons. I've seen that most people use BetterCut to do this, but is that used in addition to a home replacement app, or is that indepenent? So if I *just* wanted to modify icons, I would get that, where as if I wanted a totally new home screen, or additional home screens, I would need a replacement app?
Also, based on the market comments, some of these applications constantly force-close, etc, but I know that can vary by phone. Which one is recommended to work with the Droid, and which one has the most customization available? I want to try to duplicate some stuff from that thread but I know some of it is legit and some is "rooted" (whatever that is)...I just want the most options possible.
This thread is mad long, but I think that's a good starting point. Any input is appreciated.
aHome / Open Home / Better Home / Helix are "home replacement apps" correct? From what I gather, they are basically apps that run 'over' the main home screen and can be customized with themes, icons, widgets etc. When running one of these, are the stock widgets unusable? And if I'm downloading new widgets from the market, do they work with these, or are those just for the stock home screen?
Also, do they all essentially do the same thing? My main thing is to be able to customize icons. I've seen that most people use BetterCut to do this, but is that used in addition to a home replacement app, or is that indepenent? So if I *just* wanted to modify icons, I would get that, where as if I wanted a totally new home screen, or additional home screens, I would need a replacement app?
Also, based on the market comments, some of these applications constantly force-close, etc, but I know that can vary by phone. Which one is recommended to work with the Droid, and which one has the most customization available? I want to try to duplicate some stuff from that thread but I know some of it is legit and some is "rooted" (whatever that is)...I just want the most options possible.
This thread is mad long, but I think that's a good starting point. Any input is appreciated.